Ava Wedding Dress- Final Dress

We got the photos from our amazing wedding photographer, Amy Kiel, so I can finally share my wedding dress with you guys! The first few photos I took in my…

Pattern Testing: Jennifer Lauren Cressida Skirt

After the wedding was over (and with it all the planning that had taken up so much of our time for so many months), I kept getting asked what I…

Maple Glazed Carrots

I’m ba-ack… from Vermont and the wedding, which was lovely and wonderful, but more on that later! Now that things have calmed down a bit though, I can finally get…

Blog Break

My goal when I started this blog was to average a post once a week (since that is what is realistic for my life) and I think I have done…

Garden Tour

I love my garden this time of year, when all the beds are full and everything is growing like crazy. Awhile ago, I did a tour of my studio and figured…

Fitting My Wedding Dress: Ava Muslin #2- a Wearable Muslin

It’s hard to believe that it has been over a year already since Matt and I got engaged. It felt like we had so much time to plan the wedding…

Broccoli and Roasted Garlic Quiche

One of my favorite things to make in the Summer is quiche with broccoli from the garden and eggs from our chickens. I just made two of these for a…

Bachelorette Party Weekend

T-minus 12 weeks until my wedding! Since our wedding is in Vermont, we live in Seattle and we have friends coming from out of state, Matt and I decided to…

Broadcast Sowing: My Favorite Way to Plant Lettuce

Lettuce has a fairly long growing season here in the Pacific Northwest. You can pretty much plant lettuce from Spring until Fall. It only gets tricky if it gets hot, as the seeds can dry…

Mosaic Flower Stone Workshop Recap

I don’t know what the word is for me; life-long learner, school-a-holic, knowledge junkie? Yikes. Somehow none of those terms sound good. All I know is, I sure do like to…